1. Geleitwort

   • Heinz Riesenhuber

   Announcement Pages: 341 - 341

2. Vorworte

   • Peter R. Sahm
   • Rainer Jansen
   • H. Steimle

   EditorialNotes Pages: 343 - 344

3. Floating liquid zones

   • I. Da Riva
   • I. Martínez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 345 - 347

4. Bubble motions induced by a temperature gradient

   • D. Neuhaus

   OriginalPaper Pages: 348 - 349

5. Marangoni-Konvektion im offenen Boot (MKB)

   • D. Schwabe
   • R. Lamprecht
   • A. Scharmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 350 - 351

6. Marangoni convection in one- and two-liquids floating zones

   • L. G. Napolitano
   • R. Monti
   • G. Russo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 352 - 355

7. Marangoni convection and mass transfer from the liquid to the gas phase under microgravity conditions

   • J. H. Lichtenbelt
   • A. A. H. Drinkenburg
   • H. A. Dijkstra

   OriginalPaper Pages: 356 - 359

8. Thermocapillary movements under microgravity at a minimum of surface tension

   • M. C. Limbourg-Fontaine
   • G. Petre
   • J. C. Legros

   OriginalPaper Pages: 360 - 362

9. Transport durch chemische Wellen

   • A. Bewersdorff

   OriginalPaper Pages: 363 - 365

10. Measurement of the soret effect in space

    • J. Bert
    • J. Dupuy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 366 - 367

11. Homogeneity of Li₂O — SiO₂ glasses as prepared under microgravity and 1 -g melting conditions

    • V. Braetsch
    • G. H. Frischat

    OriginalPaper Pages: 368 - 369

12. Die isochore Wärmekapazität am kritischen Punkt unter reduzierter Schwere

    • K. Nitsche
    • J. Straub

    OriginalPaper Pages: 370 - 373

13. Density distribution near gas/liquid critical points under reduced gravity

    • H. Klein
    • K. Wanders
    • F. Becker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 374 - 375

14. Initial observations of GeSe-xenon transport experiments performed on the D1 space flight

    • H. Wiedemeier
    • S. B. Trivedi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 376 - 377

15. Separation nicht mischbarer Schmelzen unter verminderter Schwerkraft

    • H. Ahlborn
    • K. Löhberg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 378 - 380

16. Das Verhalten suspendierter Teilchen an der Erstarrungsfront von Kupfer

    • J. Pötschke
    • V. Rogge

    OriginalPaper Pages: 381 - 383

17. Melting and solidification of metallic composite materials

    • L. Froyen
    • A. Deruyttere

    OriginalPaper Pages: 384 - 386

18. Separation of fluid phases and bubble dynamics in a temperature gradient

    • R. Nähle
    • D. Neuhaus
    • G. Wozniak

    OriginalPaper Pages: 387 - 389

19. Stützhauttechnologie

    • H. Sprenger

    OriginalPaper Pages: 390 - 395

20. Skin casting of gray cast iron

    • H. Nieswaag
    • M. Malinowska
    • H. Sprenger

    OriginalPaper Pages: 396 - 399

21. Lymphozyten sind schwerkraftempfindlich

    • B. Bechler
    • A. Cogoli
    • D. Mesland

    OriginalPaper Pages: 400 - 403

22. Preliminary results of the “paramecium” experiment

    • G. Richoilley
    • R. Tixador
    • H. Planel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 404 - 406

23. Effect of microgravity on mammalian cell polarization at the ultrastructural level

    • C. Beaure d'Augères
    • J. Arnoult
    • M. Bouteille

    OriginalPaper Pages: 407 - 409

24. The circadian rhythm in Chlamydomonas reinhardii in a zeitgeber-free environment

    • D. Mergenhagen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 410 - 412

25. Preliminary results of the “Antibio” experiment

    • N. Moatti
    • L. Lapchine
    • R. Tixador

    OriginalPaper Pages: 413 - 414

26. Growth and differentiation of Bacillus subtilis under microgravitiy

    • H. D. Mennigmann
    • M. Lange

    OriginalPaper Pages: 415 - 417

27. Effects of microgravity on genetic recombination in Escherichia coli

    • O. Ciferri
    • O. Tiboni
    • M. L. Marchesi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 418 - 421

28. Steady compensation of gravity effects in Physarum polycephalum

    • W. Briegleb
    • I. Block
    • K. E. Wohlfarth-Bottermann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 422 - 424

29. Dosimetric mapping inside Biorack on D1

    • H. Bücker
    • R. Facius
    • G Reitz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 425 - 427

30. Embryonic development of the vertebrate gravity receptors

    • J. Neubert
    • W. Briegleb
    • A. Schatz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 428 - 430

31. Embryogenesis and aging of Drosophila melanogaster flown in the space shuttle

    • R. Marco
    • I. Vernos
    • M. Calleja

    OriginalPaper Pages: 431 - 432

32. Embryogenesis and organogenesis of Carausius morosus under spaceflight conditions

    • H. Bücker
    • G. Horneck
    • R. Beaujean

    OriginalPaper Pages: 433 - 434

33. Flight hardware for chemical fixation of living material in the microgravity environment

    • D. Volkmann
    • H. M. Behrens
    • P. Junk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 435 - 437

34. Development and gravity sensing of cress roots under microgravity

    • D. Volkmann
    • H. M. Behrens
    • A. Sievers

    OriginalPaper Pages: 438 - 441

35. Induction of somatic embryogenesis in anise in microgravity

    • R. R. Theimer
    • R. A. Kudielka
    • I. Rösch

    OriginalPaper Pages: 442 - 443

36. Perception of gravity in the lentil root

    • G. Perbal
    • D. Driss-Ecole
    • J. Raffin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 444 - 446

37. Venous pressure in microgravity

    • K. Kirsch
    • F. Haenel
    • L. Röcker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 447 - 449

38. „TOMEX“, Messung des Augeninnendrucks unter μG-Bedingungen

    • J. Draeger
    • H. Wirt
    • R. Schwartz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 450 - 452

39. Mass discrimination in weightlessness improves with arm movements of higher acceleration

    • H. E. Ross
    • E. Schwartz
    • P. Emmerson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 453 - 454

40. Cognitive processes of spatial coordinate assignment

    • A. D. Friederici
    • W. J. M. Levelt

    OriginalPaper Pages: 455 - 458